Adolph Marx (bishop)

Most Reverend
Adolph Marx
Bishop of Brownsville
Church Catholic Church
Appointed July 9, 1965
Installed September 2, 1965
Term ended November 1, 1965
Successor Humberto Sousa Medeiros
Orders
Ordination May 2, 1940
Consecration October 9, 1956
by Mariano Simon Garriga
Personal details
Born (1915-02-18)February 18, 1915
Cologne, Germany
Died November 1, 1965(1965-11-01) (aged 50)

Adolph Marx (February 18, 1915  – November 1, 1965) served as the first Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville, in Brownsville, Texas.

Biography

Born in Cologne, Germany, Marx was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Corpus Christi on May 2, 1940. On July 6, 1956, Pope Pius XII appointed Marx auxiliary bishop of the Corpus Christi Diocese and he was consecrated on October 9, 1956. On July 9, 1965, Pope Paul VI appointed Marx of the Brownsville Diocese and he was installed on September 2, 1965.[1] On November 1, 1965, Bishop Marx died suddenly.[2]

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Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Bishop of Brownsville
19651965
Succeeded by
Humberto Sousa Medeiros
Preceded by
Auxiliary Bishop of Corpus Christi
19561965
Succeeded by


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